- Date
- March 29, 1985, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48241Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850329010209A
- Case key
- 13034
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a solo training flt the student plt allowed the acft to bounce during touchdown. The acft then became airborne & stalled while several feet above the rwy. During the ensuing hard landing the nose gear strut collapsed & the acft veered to the left side of the rwy. It nosed over before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48241
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283308
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 SERIES, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rose City Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- RID · Richmond, runway 32, 5,011 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N48241 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.